Dr. Aleesha Grier-Rogers ’90 at the Helm to Expand DEI Initiatives
Throughout its 226-year history, Cheshire Academy has always been a campus that welcomes and supports diversity. In the Gideon Welles Dining Commons, flags of the nations from which our students come hang proudly on the wall, reminding everyone that their classmates, dorm mates, friends, and peers all come from different backgrounds, upbringings, opinions, feelings, and visions. But welcoming international students to the Cheshire Academy campus is only the first step. With a nation at unrest in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others, and grassroots campaigns bringing racial injustice to the forefront, it is CA’s responsibility to always strive to do more to ensure everyone is heard, respected, appreciated, and responded to. We recently met with Dr. Aleesha Grier-Rogers ’90, CA’s director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, to hear how CA is responding to these national issues and ensuring that every student is guaranteed a voice on campus. the magazine of cheshire academy
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